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Cruella de Vil live-action Disney movie in the pipeline

A live-action film focusing on 101 Dalmatians villain Cruella de Vil is in development at Disney.

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Aline Brosh McKenna, writer of the studio's upcoming Cinderella, has been hired to work on the new flick which will be entitled, Cruella. Joe Roth will serve as producer on the film, after previously working on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, Oz the Great and Powerful and upcoming release Maleficent. Glenn Close previously played the puppy-hating devil woman in the live-action adaptation of Dodie Smith's 1956 children's novel, One Hundred And One Dalmatians in 1996 and its 2000 sequel.

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Meanwhile, news of the film going into production comes after Roth and McKenna recently collaborated on the forthcoming Cinderella, which will star Downton Abbey actress Lily James in the titular role. SOURCE: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER